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Some Bird’s-Eye Fisheye Views of the Water Rising in Porter

A glimpse behind some northern fencelines comes by way of drone from G.A. Eblen, who took to the Porter sky by proxy to catch these shots of planned and impromptu retention ponds in action. The Monday-morning photos center east of 59 around the Briar Tree Court subdivision — up in the right hand corner of the south-facing shot above are the well-moistened sports fields of White Oak Middle School.

Rectangles of forested land are mixed in with angular subdivisions and potential subdivisions-to-be in the suite of surveying shots. Here’s the view north over FM 1314, toward the Family Dollar Store and Executive Inn & Suites (on the left, below):